The islands' snow cover (like the Japanese urnway image) have a high albedo which causes image problems.
The islands are cleanly visible on Bing Maps
https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?v=2&cp=79.762333~96.661228&lvl=5&sty=b&q=%20Krasnoyarsk%20Krai,%20Russia&form=LMLTCC

So it's a technical issue, not a lack of imagery or censorship.

Brendan